Outstanding SHERIFF/LAWMAN w/BADGE, Huge Framed 21"x18" Photo, Signed/Dated 1896

Description

Up for sale is an exceptional extremely rare sized original Albumen Silver or Gelatin Silver Photograph of a Sheriff or Lawman with Star Badge at waistline (see closeup photo), signed with remarks (lower left) and dated, May 17th, 1896.
Outstanding mint condition (dirt or markings in photos are dust on inside of glass on frame, easily wiped clean if you remove from frame or reframe).  It is amazingly clean with no major defects noted on photo.  Frame appears to be period original and is in great shape with minor wear consistent with age.  It has some dust on inside which may appear in photos as spots on the photo but they are not on the photo, shadows from camera flash and are dust areas on inside of glass.  This can be easily cleaned off or wiped away if you remove glass from frame.
It is in incredible condition and probably the only one in existence in this size.  This was obviously a very important or powerful lawman.  I can not make out the signature but it appears to be some like Pat Cochran or something close to that.  Please email me if you know who it is.  This photo is huge for the time.  It measures total in frame at 21" x 18", with the exposed image from matte at 13" x 10" (probably larger under matte, possibly 15"x13" actual photo size, I did not remove it from frame, up to the buyer to do that).  You could probably spend a lifetime searching for a wild west lawman photo as clean and large as this, especially signed, it is amazing!
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